{"id":54915,"date":"2014-05-15T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T04:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=54915"},"modified":"2014-05-15T20:46:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T04:46:48","slug":"nyt-u-s-officials-question-ability-of-nigeria-to-rescue-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=54915","title":{"rendered":"NYT: U.S. Officials Question Ability of Nigeria to Rescue Hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So what is the average <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.statisticbrain.com\/countries-with-the-highest-lowest-average-iq\/\">Nigerian IQ<\/a>? It&#8217;s 67, so of course they&#8217;re not competent. The average African IQ is 70. That&#8217;s why the continent is a disaster. As America imports more people from Africa and other disaster zones such as Mexico, America becomes more of a disaster every day. American cities such as Detroit with a high percentage of people whose ancestors come from Africa as opposed to Europe or East Asia also tend to be disasters. When a bunch of people whose ancestors come from Africa as opposed to Europe or East Asia move into your neighborhood, the results are not likely to be much prettier than Africa today. <\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/16\/world\/africa\/nigerian-military-schoolgirl-hunt.html?hp&#038;_r=0\">NYT<\/a>: &#8220;WASHINGTON \u2014 Obama administration officials on Thursday questioned whether the Nigerian military is able to rescue, even with international help, more than 260 schoolgirls abducted last month, giving impetus to a social media campaign calling for the United States to do more to free the hostages.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what is the average Nigerian IQ? It&#8217;s 67, so of course they&#8217;re not competent. The average African IQ is 70. 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